action

action: noun

1 process of doing sth

ADJECTIVE

▪ decisive, effective, firm, strong, vigorous

▪ He urged the government to take decisive action against music piracy.

▪ aggressive, violent

▪ immediate, prompt, swift, urgent

▪ appropriate

▪ Unless appropriate action is taken, our sales will decline.

▪ drastic, emergency

▪ The situation calls for drastic action.

▪ collective, concerted, joint, united (esp. BrE)

▪ direct, positive, unilateral

▪ corrective, evasive, remedial

▪ pre-emptive, preventative, preventive

▪ disciplinary, legal, military, strike

▪ Disciplinary action will be taken against students who cheat.
(see also industrial action)

▪ congressional (esp. AmE), government, governmental, legislative, political, state (esp. AmE)

▪ affirmative (esp. AmE)

▪ Affirmative action was most successful in creating opportunities for college-educated women.

VERB + ACTION

▪ take

▪ We'll take whatever action is necessary.

▪ call for

▪ agree on

▪ The leaders have agreed on joint action to combat terrorism.

▪ leap into, spring into, swing into

▪ The emergency services swung into action as soon as the disaster was reported.

▪ carry out, perform

▪ Only the priest can perform these actions.

▪ galvanize sb into, prod sb into, spur sb into

▪ We have to galvanize people into action.

▪ bring sth into, put sth into

▪ We need to put these ideas into action.

▪ keep sb/sth out of, put sb/sth out of

▪ A fire has put the factory out of action.

PREPOSITION

▪ in action

▪ I have not yet seen the machines in action.

▪ out of action

▪ He is out of action following an ankle injury.

▪ action against

▪ action against drug dealers

▪ action on

▪ The government is taking strong action on refugees.

PHRASES

▪ actions speak louder than words (saying)

▪ a course of action

▪ Is this the best course of action to follow?

2 legal case

ADJECTIVE

▪ court

▪ civil, criminal, libel, tort

▪ class (AmE)

VERB + ACTION

▪ bring, file, initiate, take

▪ I considered taking legal action.

▪ They took out a libel action against the newspaper's owners.

▪ Her husband brought a civil action against her after their divorce.

PREPOSITION

▪ action against

3 fighting

ADJECTIVE

▪ combat (esp. AmE), enemy

▪ He was killed during enemy action.

▪ terrorist

▪ covert

▪ paramilitary covert action teams working overseas

VERB + ACTION

▪ see

▪ I never saw action during the war.

PHRASES

▪ killed in action, missing in action, wounded in action

▪ He was reported missing in action.

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Synonyms:

Activity, spontaneous process, exercise, motion, movement, play / Deed (viewed as requiring a continued exertion of power), performance, feat, exploit, achievement, procedure, proceeding, acting, turn / Agency, operation, force, energy, influence, instrumentality, process / Battle, engagement, conflict, contest, combat, rencontre, encounter, skirmish, brush, affair / Gesticulation, gesture / Acting, performing, performance, enacting, representing, representation, putting on the boards, playing / Subject, fable, plot, series of events / Suit, lawsuit, process, case, prosecution

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